America is addicted to stories of the Great White Savior, especially when it comes to…
Taco Break: First Dates
I had a first date on Friday. It wasn’t really a date. It started out…
Surprise Commentaries: HELL HIGH
Hell High was released to no acclaim close to the end of the slasher era.…
Film on the Television: DISTURBING BEHAVIOR on MGMHD
The 1990s were ripe for filmmakers adapting stories about adults into a teenage milieu. Emma…
THE GREASY STRANGLER
Every day, the same questions pop up over and over again: why are all the…
Film on the Internet: THEATER OF BLOOD on Hulu
Boo! Did I scare you? It’s October, and, for much of America, that means horror…
Film on the Television: ROAR on Turner Classic Movies
Every now and then, there is a movie with such a bizarre conceit that you…
ZOOM
I have a fetish for well-done meta-narratives. One of my favorites, Italo Calvino’s If On A…
GIRL ASLEEP
Alice in Wonderland is a cultural mainstay that provides many a framework for the struggles of…
Film on the Television: SPRING BREAKERS on Showtime
Back in 2003, Harmony Korine unleashed a day-glo collision of every type of “dangerous” pop…